The latest installment of our skills development Saturday morning sessions was held on the 5th November. This has now been a regular feature of PECAMs training for a couple of years. The training takes place on the morning of the first Saturday of each month throughout the year, weather permitting, […]
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A Ride of Contrasts – The Delayed 2nd October Social Ride
Eleven intrepid rider and one pillion met at Haddon Services, Peterborough in preparation for the delayed 2nd social ride in October. PECAM’s social rides are on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month throughout the year. However last week the heavens opened with heavy rain about 7am and didn’t […]
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VisionZero, Project EDWARD and a rainy October day in March
The local VisionZero ( consortium, including the Cambridgeshire emergency services and the Cambridgeshire County Council) once again supported the Project EDWARD with an event in the Fenland town of March, as part of the international ‘weekend of action’. Both road safety initiatives have the laudable road safety goal of eliminating […]
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Autumn Sunshine for a Lovely October Ride-Out
October 9th saw the first of the two ride-outs for the month. The PECAM Group offers two ride outs each month throughout the year for members. These rides are also open to Associates who are very close to being Advanced Test ready and, importantly, have their Observers support to join […]
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September Ride Out to Buttercups Tea Rooms
The morning of Sunday September 25th was a bright and fresh one, with 14 bikes and one pillion arriving at Haddon Services for Martin Jones’s ride out to Buttercups Tea Room, Billesdon. After a chat and coffee, we had a briefing by Martin, where Gary Reynolds volunteered to be TEC, […]
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Vale View Café, Belvoir Castle – Sunday 11th September
Sunday was a damp, foggy start, but despite the weather, 11 bikes and 1 pillion arrived at Haddon Services for the briefing by Tim Helstrip. The route and destination were ones that Tim had inherited from Craig McClean and both were new to Tim, the destination was The Vale View […]
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PECAM – Tour to Ypres, Belgium Day 1
Ypres Tour – Day One (Friday 2nd September 2022) A very early, Friday morning saw the first leg of the PECAM Tour to Ypres, Belgium, 12 bikes met at Haddon Services at 6am, after a briefing by Bob Stewart we set off on our adventure to Belgium. We were joined […]
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PECAM – Tour to Ypres Day 2
Ypres Tour – Day Two (Saturday 3rd September 2022) Breakfast at the Hotel was buffet style, with a large, varied choice of cooked and continental foods, so many choices to set us up for the day Bob had planned for us, visiting Essex Farm Cemetery, Pond Farm, Tyn Cot Cemetery […]
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PECAM Tour to Ypres, Belgium Day 2 & 3
Ypres Tour – Day Two and Day Three Day Two Tyn Cot Cemetery Our third stop of the day was to Tyn Cot Cemetery, located in an area which was known as the Ypres Salient where Commonwealth, French, Belgian and German forces fought almost continuously throughout the First World War. […]
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International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln
Wow! What at turn out for the second August Sunday Ride out! Sunday August 28th saw Nineteen bikes and one pillion arrived at Haddon Services for Craig McLean’s planned route to the International Bomber Command, Lincoln. An excellent briefing was given by Craig, in which Bob Stewart agreed to TEC […]
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